Missing icons windows vista

I am running on vista. all my desktop icons are missing. The description of each icon is on the screen still. they are not responding to the mouse. Also there are 2 windows that refuse to close, but can be minimised. task manager says they are not responding. even if i reboot, they are still there. I can however access all my files using the toolbar at the bottom of the screen...please help

it actually happened after i burned a cd. However, yesterday, i had to restart my computer and when i did all the icons reappeared and everything is ok now. I have no idea what the problem was but i hope it doesn't happen again....thanks so much for your help.it actually happened after i burned a cd. However, yesterday, i had to restart my computer and when i did all the icons reappeared and everything is ok now. I have no idea what the problem was but i hope it doesn't happen again....thanks so much for your help.

oh.. i had this problem before.. after i tried changing accounts the desktop got all stuck weird.. not sure if thats the problem.. but it might be in your account settings =/ does it happen when your in admin mode? Or is it because you happened to try to add both xp and vista by changing the bios =Xoh.. i had this problem before.. after i tried changing accounts the desktop got all stuck weird.. not sure if thats the problem.. but it might be in your account settings =/ does it happen when your in admin mode? Or is it because you happened to try to add both xp and vista by changing the bios =X

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Move your mouse to the bottom of the screen and right-click once. Then you should have a "Show Desktop" option or un-check the "Hide Desktop icons" Click that and all your icons should re-appear. Unless of course they actually deleted your icons :'

you
might have hidden your icons by accident. Try right-clicking and in
Windows XP, "arrange by" and make sure there is a check-mark by "show
desktop icons"In Vista and Windows 7 rick-click select "view" and make sure that "show desktop icons" is checked.

Step 1
Click the "Start" button. Click on "All Programs." Look for an icon called "Internet Explorer." Right-click the icon. Select "Copy" from the menu.

Step 2
Find a blank space on your Desktop and right-click on it. Select "Paste" from the menu. You should see a new icon called "Internet Explorer." Double-click it to make sure that it works.

Step 3
Open "My Computer" on your Desktop if you were unable to find the Internet Explorer icon in "All Programs." Double-click the "C:" drive. Double-click "Program Files." Open the folder named "Internet Explorer."

Step 4
Select the "iexplore.exe" icon and right-click on it. Choose "Create Shortcut" from the menu. Scroll down to the bottom of the window. Right-click the "Shortcut to iexplore.exe" icon. Click "Copy."

Step 5
Paste the icon to your Desktop. Open it to make sure it works.

Step 6
Click the "Start" button and select "Search" from the menu if you are unable to find the "iexplore.exe" icon in your Program Files folder. Search for "iexplore.exe." Locate the file. Right-click it to create a shortcut. Paste the shortcut to your Desktop.

It could be that the screen is at the correct resolution, but the icons are just set to display larger (Vista allows this). Right-click on the desktop (NOT over any icons), and select "View". there you can select the size of the desktop icons.